Tag Archives: peace

My Hunger for an Abiding Love

Posted on July 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Monday. Everyone wanted to know the name of “the lady from Brooklyn” who’d hijacked the opening of my play the previous weekend. She’d pulled a prop door over on herself. Screamed. Run out of the theatre. And … Continue reading →

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Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Posted on May 21, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.” ~Matthew 5:9 ≅

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How to Change the World: Step One

Posted on May 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

“For the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” ~James 5:16 Prayer changes people, and people changed by prayer change the world. ~AΩ~

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This is Why Time Cannot Be Kept

Posted on April 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

Salvador Dali had it right: Clocks cannot be trusted. Not because they keep poor time, but because time cannot be kept. Instead, it keeps us in cages made of minutes. And yet the solution is not to escape, but to … Continue reading →

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He Who Watches Over You Will Not Slumber

Posted on March 9, 2025 by mitchteemley

“He who watches over you will not slumber.” ~Psalm 121:3 ∴

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Happy New Year – Do Not be Afraid!

Posted on January 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

Day 1 of 365. Gulp. Few years in recent memory have begun with more apprehension about the state of our world. It’s been said that some variation of the phrase “do not be afraid” appears 365 time in the Bible–once … Continue reading →

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This Is My Thanksgiving Prayer

Posted on November 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Thanksgiving prayer is for perfect peace, for atheists, Christians, Muslims, Jews… for all to sit down at a glorious feast upon hearing the most incomparable news of a king who can make us sisters and brothers, forgiving our foolish, desperate paths, … Continue reading →

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Where You Live Matters

Posted on October 16, 2024 by mitchteemley
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Even in the Darkest Valley

Posted on October 5, 2024 by mitchteemley

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14).” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Dear Human Race…

Posted on September 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

I tried to find a more sophisticated way to put this. But sometimes, you know, childlike is best. Ψ

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